pukka alsopuckaadjectiveEtymology: Hindi & Urdu pakkā cooked, ripe, solid,
from Sanskrit pakva; akin to Greek pessein to cook — more
at cookDate: 1776
genuine, authentic; alsofirst-class
pukka adj. (also pukkah, pucka) Anglo-Ind. 1 genuine. 2 of good quality; reliable (did a pukka job). 3 of full weight. Etymology: Hindi pakka cooked, ripe, substantial
pukka
If you describe something or someone as pukka, you mean that they are real or genuine,
and of good quality. (BRIT OLD-FASHIONED)
...a pukka English gentleman.ADJ
Pucka \Puck"a\, a. [Written also pukka.] [Hind. pakk[=a]
cooked, ripe, solid.]
Good of its kind; -- variously used as implying substantial,
real, fixed, sure, etc., and specif., of buildings, made of
brick and mortar. [India]
It's pukka famine, by the looks of it. --Kipling.
pukka
adj.
1 pukkah or pucka, well done or made, properly or perfectly done, first class: That was
a pukka meal.
2 pukkah or pucka, genuine, good, authentic, reliable, honourable, fair, right, proper,
thorough, out-and-out: They always referred to him as 'pukka sahib'.
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